Notes
Tower of the Medusa, a History of the Great Imperium novel by Lin Carter.

This volume is a "dos-à-dos" omnibus in the Ace Double series. It also includes Kar Kaballa by George H. Smith.

Publisher's Blurb – Page One
"You are the most notorious and celebrated jewel thief in the Near Stars. It was Kirin of Tellus who stole the Nine Diamonds of Pharvis from the dragon-guarded citadel besides the Flaming Sea. It was you who carried off the tiara of the Queen of Zodah, a trifle composed of eleven thousand matched fire-rubies, worth an emperor's ransom . . . I want you to steal something for me. I am a doctor of the Minor Thaumaturgies and I am come from Trevelon.

"The jewel we are after is called The Medusa. It is concealed within a structure called the Iron Tower which lies amidst the barren wastes of the uplands of Pelizon, guarded by a maze of traps and deadfalls. We have, over centuries, and at frightful labor, obtained very precise and complete blueprints of the Tower . . . There will be no danger. No danger at all . . ."

The softly modulated voice of the starship interrupted the conversation.

"I have been under attack for the past 12.03 seconds," the ship observed calmly.